Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cabasset
Open-faced helmet with a specific almond shaped top (also called a pear shape) with a little point. Most popular with foot soldiers and pikemen.
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- Bevor
- Also called bavier or buffe. A chin-shaped defense for the lower face, incorporating a gorget plate. The buffe was an…
- Counterfeit damascening
- Simpler form of damascening. Fine pattern is applied onto a surface of an armor piece.
- Fingering
- Wraping index finger around sword’s ricasso to give it a greater tip control.
- Oncin
- One-sided pick which has a socketed metal head fitted into a wooden handle and was used with both hands
